With typical assertiveness, Beethoven once asked, “With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength?” You might, indeed, measure the strength of his genius with a number of other great composers.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sonata quasi una fantasia,” more popularly known as the “Moonlight Sonata” (1802). (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the ...

The third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is one of classical music's most thrilling creations - and here's why we reckon you should be listening to it as the sun rises. With Aromatherapy ...

Seventy-eight years before Thomas Edison gave the world the light bulb, Ludwig van Beethoven composed “Moonlight Sonata,” one of the most popular compositions in classical music. I read somewhere that ...

A timeless classical music hit, Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is the inspiration for this year's Beethovenfest in Bonn. It's been performed all over the world and has even been sent into outer space.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Steve Smith Referring to the Beethoven piano sonata universally known by the evocative nickname “Moonlight” (Op. 27, No. 2), Liszt ...

Alicia Keys performed a heartfelt rendition of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" for Kobe and Gianna Bryant's Celebration of Life ceremony at the NBA legend's old stomping grounds at Los Angeles'… By ...

Would the Moonlight Sonata sound like a Deep House track if Beethoven had composed it in 2017? We think so. This guy – Vinheteiro on YouTube – has arranged a Deep ...

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. -- A 92-year-old pianist is wowing her audience. Elaine Lebar suffers from dementia but remembers her love for music. She recently went viral on TikTok with a performance of ...

If you read about John Lennon’s songwriting methods, you realize he got ideas from everywhere. For what became his least favorite Beatles song, John used a line from an Elvis hit as a ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Slowly spiralling chords in the right hand. Deep, sinking bass in the left. The opening to Beethoven’s ...